Chicago historian Tim Samuelson tells Jim Fleming about the time the City of Chicago decided to reverse the flow of the Chicago river and send its waste south along the Mississippi.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Susan Morrison responds to Hilary Clinton as a cultural symbol and public personality.
Ruth Leitman directed a documentary film called “Lipstick and Dynamite: The First Ladies of Wrestling,” about the first female professional wrestlers.
Perhaps no other person was a greater advocate for film and film criticism than Roger Ebert. With a career spanning more than 50 years, Ebert was the source America turned to for advice on what to watch week after week. A few years before his death, Roger Ebert sat down with Steve Paulson and reflected on his legendary and prolific career as a film critic.
Few Latin American novelists are as beloved across the globe as Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Here’s Steve Paulson’s 2006 interview with translator Edith Grossman, who’s done more than anyone to bring Garcia Marquez to the English reading world.
Satish Kumar became a Jain monk at the age of nine. Now he's the editor of Resurgence magazine...
Stacy Schiff's new book "Cleopatra: a life" describes the Egyptian queen as a shrewd political strategist and a brilliant leader.
Science writer Winifred Gallagher has come to the rescue of the decor challenged with her book "House Thinking: A Room by Room Look at How We Live."
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